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The Prospect Hill Historic District encompasses a large residential area in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut. Located north of the Main Street commercial district, it was developed between about 1865 and 1930, and is one of the state's largest historic districts, with more than 800 contributing buildings. It is roughly bounded by ...
Willimantic is home to a wealth of Victorian-era architecture. Prospect Hill Historic District is a National Register-listed historic district containing 993 buildings. Windham Town Hall , formerly Willimantic City Hall, is a Romanesque Revival building housing the town offices for Windham and Willimantic.
It was built in 1896 for the housing of the Windham County Courthouse and the Willimantic City Government. [2] Before then, the government was held in a rented space in Hayden Block. [ 3 ] It is made out of 1.25 million bricks, cost $73,000 (1895) to make, and contains a large clock donated by James Hayden . [ 4 ]
The Willimantic Elks Club is a historic Elks lodge at 198 Pleasant Street in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut.Built in 1925 for a lodge founded in 1914, it is one of the finest examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the region, and has been a major site of social events in the community since.
A well-preserved example of period residential architecture. NRHP. [50] Captain David Judson House: Stratford: 1723 A fine example of early Georgian Architecture chimney and cellar date to 1638. NRHP. Harrison House: Branford: 1724 Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum. [51]
He became well known as an architect of civic structures, and authored several books on school architecture, most prominent of which was Modern American School Buildings, published in 1899 and reissued in 1909. This work combined new information with that which Briggs had previously published, in book or article form.
Dec. 22—WILLIMANTIC — A long-awaited upgrade to the Willimantic dispatch center will finally get going after the approval of nearly $3 million in funding by the state Bond Commission on Tuesday.
The Willimantic Freight House and Office is a historic railroad freight facility on Bridge Street in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut.Built in 1870, the freight office, a fine example of Second Empire architecture, is now the only surviving element of the city's 19th-century railroad buildings; the freight house has been demolished.